Tie-pin.



L. A. RIZZUTO.

TIE PIN. APPLIOATIOH PILED SEPT. Q2, 1910.

Patented May 9, 1911.

LOUIS A. RIZZUTO, 0F KELAYRES, PENNSYLVANIA.

TIE-PIN.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented May 9, 1911.

Application filed September 22, 1910. Serial No. 583,211.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, LOUIS A. Rizzu'ro, a citizen of the United States, residing at Kelayres, in the county of Schuylkill and State of Pennsylvania, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Tie- Pins; and I do hereby declare the following to be a full, clear, and exact description of the invention, such as will enable others skilled in the art to which it apper' tains to make and use the same.

This invention relates to new and useful improvements in tie pins, or sometimes called stick pins, and it has particular reference to means for securing the pin to a tie in such a manner as to prevent mar-ring the appearance of the front surface thereof.

The object of the invention is to produce a pin of very simple and inexpensive construction, which is attached to the under side of the fabric to display a stone or setting on the front of a tie.

With the above and other objects in view, as will appear as the nature of the invention is better understood, the same consists of the novel features of construction and combination and arrangement of parts hereinafter fully described and claimed.

In the accompanying drawings forming a part of this specification, and in which like characters of reference indicate corresponding partsFigure 1 is a view in perspective of a pin embodying my invention attached. to a tie, and Fig. 2 is a perspective view looking toward the back of the tie pin.

In the drawings 1 represents a head, which may be of any desired design, and is secured to an end portion 2 of a wire, which is bent laterally at a right angle thereto and brought backward on a curve forming a horizontal U-shaped portion 3, the free end of which is then bent downward and terminates in a point 4.

As illustrated in Fig. l of the drawing, the point at is inserted in the under side of the tie 5, the Ushaped portion 3 encircles an edge thereof, and the head 1 appears on the front side of the tie.

From the foregoing description it will be seen that I have produced a pin that may be attached to a tie without injuring or inarring the appearance of the front surface thereof.

It is to he understood that various changes in the form, proportion and the minor details of construction may be resorted to without departing from the principle or sacrificing any of the advantages of this invention.

lVhat I claim as new and desire to secure by Letters Patent is:

1. A tie pin comprising a head, a horizontal U-shaped portion secured to the head, and means for attaching the U-shaped portion to the under side of a tie.

2. A tie pin, comprising a head, a horizontal U-shaped portion, one end of which is secured to the head, and an extension at the other end formed downwardly at right angles to the Ushaped portion to form a pointed, tiepiercing shank.

In testimony whereof I affix my signature in presence of two witnesses.

LOUIS A. RIZZUTO.

Witnesses:

LoUIs E. BRUNO, SANDo F. GALLO.

Copies of this patent may be obtained for five cents each, by addressing the Commissioner of Patents, Washington, D. C. 

